--- title: "Sidi-Nouman," observed the Caliph, "I have seen horses broken all m… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "Sidi-Nouman," observed the Caliph, "I have seen horses broken all my life long, and have even broken them myself, but I have never seen any horse broken in such a barbarous manner as by you yesterday. Who acts: Sidi, young man, horses. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sidi, young man, horses), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:34:45 # text = "Sidi-Nouman," observed the Caliph, "I have seen horses broken all my life long, and have even broken them myself, but I have never seen any horse broken in such a barbarous manner as by you yesterday. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sidi Sidi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Nouman Nouman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 15 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 41 det:predet _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 barbarous barbarous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 45 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past | Sidi and Nouman | the Caliph | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent caliph=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the young man *= man* | horses | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | horses *not said here* | my life | | | | long *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Patient | | 4 | **break** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the young man *= man* *not said here* | camels *= camel* | | | | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | | 5 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the young man *= man* | any horse | | | yesterday | as you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus as you=Attribute | | 6 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | any horse *not said here* | | such barbarous manner | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/34/)